private void validateCreateComment( ErrorCollection errorCollection, Issue issue, Map<String, Object> commentParams, String body, Visibility visibility, ApplicationUser user) { // Validate user has the correct permissions IF we are actually adding a comment if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(body)) { commentService.hasPermissionToCreate(user, issue, errorCollection); } boolean allowEmptyComments = true; if (commentParams.get(CREATE_COMMENT) != null) { allowEmptyComments = false; } commentService.isValidCommentBody(body, errorCollection, allowEmptyComments); // Validate the group and role level settings commentService.isValidCommentVisibility(user, issue, visibility, errorCollection); validateCommentProperties(commentParams, errorCollection); }